Funds still favour Poland

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By Joanne Frearson Eastern European funds are overweight in Poland, Russia and Hungary while they a...

By Joanne Frearson Eastern European funds are overweight in Poland, Russia and Hungary while they are underweight in the Czech Republic, Slovenia, Croatia and the Baltics, according to the latest analysis by fund research house, Forsyth Partners According to the report, it has been a disappointing few weeks for the emerging markets of Europe, Africa and the Middle East, with the exception of Russia, which surged ahead by 20%. The market weakness was in part due to poor sentiment in the global telecoms sector (as telecoms stocks dominate Central European indices) and partly due to disappoi...

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